Party leaders rally around Liberal MPs accused of being more loyal to Israel than Canada

By Neil MossSep. 12, 2018

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Liberal MPs Michael Levitt, left, and Anthony Housefather, right, who are both Jewish, were showered with support after a social media post questioned their loyalty to Canada. The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia

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MPs across the ideological spectrum came to the defence of a pair of Liberal representatives who were the subject of a social media post questioning their loyalty to Canada last week. Dimitri Lascaris, chair of the Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) board, accused MPs Anthony Housefather and Michael Levitt on Twitter on Sept. 6 of being more âdevotedâ to âapartheid Israelâ than to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Liberal caucus. Mr. Housefather,

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